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De Morgan William
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A colleague of William Morris in the Arts and Crafts Movement, and a later acquaintance of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, de Morgan was initially known for his stained glass and decorative tiles...
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Dickens Charles
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literatureandplace...
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Jerrold Douglas
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No mean actor, he was also a gifted journalist, joining the staff of the newly launched Punch in 1841...
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Maugham Somerset
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Sent to Whitstable as a ten-year-old orphan, to be brought up by his uncle and aunt, Maugham must also have come to know Herne Bay during his unhappy childhood in that area...
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Parker Richard
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In 1960 the family moved briefly to Australia and on their return in 1962 lived once more in Herne Bay, where Richard Parker died in 1990...
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Reynolds George
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He is buried in Herne churchyard...
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Rossetti Christina
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In the summer of 1847, at the age of sixteen, the poetess holidayed here with her parents...
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Surtees Robert
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As co-founder in 1831 of the 'New Sporting Magazine' he undertook a number of hunting tours of the country which provided material for much of his writing...
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